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In today’s wonderful example of British cursing and violence, we have a unit of Her Majesty’s Royal Artillery Brigade. These jolly ole chaps have decided to “level their guns,” as they say, to repel an incoming force of Taliban militants. A tactic seldom used by modern artillery units. However in the harsh combat environments of Afghanistan, anything goes.
Date, Time, Location?
We do not have a solid date, time, or location for this video unfortunately. The best guess is somewhere around 2006-2008 according to the analyst from Funker530. And the unit is well, British, obviously. And this is Afghanistan for sure, just not sure where in that armpit of a country this is. Either way, this was a bad day for the Taliban.
Big Sticks
What we are seeing is a rare example of an artillery unit flopping their giant artillery dicks on the table to repel an incoming attack. Tactics like this are not common for modern militaries. Why? That’s because artillery pieces have ranges of many miles. Some guns can reach over the horizon beyond the curvature of the earth. With ranges like that, you need not be in an area where close contact is possible.
However, when you are hip deep in goat shit and Jihadi blood after years of a protracted war, battlefield situations change. Static emplacements such as this Artillery Forward Operating Base (AFOB) that where miles back 4 years ago, are now, apparently the front line. So what do you do when about a dozen or so small arms wielding towel heads come yelling “ Alah Akbar,” at you guns blazing?
Close Quarters Arties
You take those 105mm howitzers and level the guns for direct fire. Nothing like the earth detonating under you, in-front of you, and all around you to convince you to stop your attack. That is if you’re not already dead from those massive shells tearing apart everything in a 1 city block radius with shrapnel, high explosives, and concussive force. And these Taliban zealots are just running headlong into the afterlife here.
Turkey Shoot
I’ll bet not a one of them ever made it within rifle firing range. Especially their beloved AK-47, which with iron sights and training is only accurate to about 500 – 700 yards or so. But in full auto without aiming, the preferred Jihadi Technique of marksmanship, not even 50 yards. These Afghani’s had zero chance of ever making it anywhere near that range. I wonder how long the Brits kept shooting? If they hadn’t seen action in a while, they might have pounded that position like a Senior with his Freshman date at Senior Prom. It could have been hours y’all.
VIDEO LINK: https://funker530.com/video/taliban-attack-the-wrong-british-artillery-fob/
Huzzah!
Either way, good day for the Brits, last day on Earth for them goat humpers. What where they thinking? Assaulting an artillery position in the middle of the day with zero cover or heavy weaponry. It’s as if they all had a death wish, or didn’t care if they lived or died, as long as they went out doing what they thought was right. Whatever brainwashing or drugs those dudes took before they decided to bum rush guns that destroy cities sure was effective. And now they are all super dead.
